Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by Godel_unicode on Saturday March 19, 2022 @11:59PM
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If you get in and out of the cab all day, wear more clothes. That's what I did, worked great. In the summer it's just not that big a deal, you're sweating in every other part of the job anyway. Roll the windows down maybe.
If you're talking about the cargo, the insulation will easily keep up over an hour or two plus of being stopped.
Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by NullPrefix on Sunday March 20, 2022 @12:04AM
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Driving with frosted up windows is not safe
Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by Godel_unicode on Sunday March 20, 2022 @02:19AM
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I'm not sure what this comment means, sorry.
Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by xkqd on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:00AM
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You run the heater to defrost the glass in your car. It often takes a few minutes for it to be effective. Otherwise, you can’t see and you’re a danger to yourself and others.
In the winter, it’s more common than putting gas in your car. It’s kinda odd explaining this though
Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by AnthonBerg on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:54AM
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I live in the subarctic region, a stone’s throw away from the arctic circle. We have snow and frost in winter.
We use ice scrapers. :) As a matter of self-reliance and/or common courtesy.
Defrosting the windows with the engine is really not nice, especially not when it’s a diesel with the fumes hanging in the winter air and going inside people’s windows and into baby carriages and kindergarteners’ noses.
Re:NYC allows citizens to report idling vehicles in exchange...
by Godel_unicode on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:15PM
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It's not only not nice, it's a genuinely bad idea. If you have large sheets of glass (truck windows) and large heat differentials, you are asking for catastrophic failure due to uneven expansion. I know multiple people this has happened to personally, and there are also some truck manufacturers who recommend against this kind of defrosting for exactly this reason.
Air conditioning/heating